KONY2012

So I finally took the time to actually sit down and watch the

30 minute KONY2012 video...

and its worth it,

Like really, I was touched and made

very aware of some of the things going on in the world right now.

I challenge all of you to go and watch it because it just

might change your perspective on some things.

It sure did for me.

For example:

Basically for the past few days...?

{Yeah lets go with that}

I've been complaining about how awful my life is.

And even if its a little frustrating...

Its no where near what this video opened my eyes to.

I mean seriously,

I don't go to bed every night terrified of getting abducted

and being turned into a sex slave.

I don't have to live in fear of a war that is happening in my back yard.

The worst I have to worry about is a test in history

and maybe some people I know being rude and

stupid.

I know the video seems long

but there are so many worthless things you could do in a half hour.

Instead,

DO THIS

~Open your Internet browser of choice

~go to Youtube.com

~get a snack

~Once your on Youtube, search KONY2012

~put the video on wide screen

~Press play

~Eat your snack and enjoy.

And once you watch it...

Do something.

Share it with your friends.

Encourage them to share it with theirs.

So on and so forth.

We can change the world with this,

and I think we should.

But we can't do it alone.

The government needs to know we care.

Make them hear us.

Make Joseph Kony famous,

make him a household name.

Let people know your thoughts on the matter.

We can change this.

So...in short...

Watch the video

and make the world a better place.

Uh...sorry?

Okay, I lied again.

You actually didn't get another post.

Because, that thing didn't happen when it was supposed to.

and when it finally did, I wasn't home.

Stohpid.

But, the good news is I am actually updating.

and some more good news is that I basically have straight A's.

Apart from...a C in history and a B in art.

But they're at the bottom,

and if you hold your thumb over them

its almost like

they're not there at all.

Pretty great.

Also, I am currently ina show at my school.

I'm really excited about the show.

The people in it are another story...

You see,
my life is REALLY dramatic right now.

Which normally I'm used to.

But its a really dramatic drama.

Gross.

Oh!

and,

we're starting to schedule for next year.

Basically,

I'm in love with my schedule.

But its also stressing me out, because

if I don't get things in a certain place

basically I'm screwed.

AHHH!

Anyway,

thats basically my life right now.

I promise I will try to update more.

But,

you know things are crazy.

Anywhoo...

sorry for the...stuff and lack of updating...

but I'm trying to change that!

Hahah

Goodbye for nows ;) <=== Hooker girl smile hah...

Woll hello there!

So...I'm very aware that I haven't posted in...a while...

like since school started.

...hah...

Anyway I decided that since it was the start of the new semester it would be a good time to post.

I was thinking a good way to start would be how I originally started this blog.

You know the 'my favourite things' thing?

At least I think thats what it was...

Anyway...

Okay I lied. I just went and actually looked at my blog, I started with

'simple things that make me smile'

Oh well.

So as of recent these are my favourite things:

~Blue

~ABC Family's pretty little liars

~charcoal (I've discovered that I'm actually pretty good at it)

~'Words with Friends' {This is an obsession}

~My Kindle Fire

~The 'Wicked lovely' Well...most of them.

~Disney

~Youtube videos

~specifically 'Jenna marbles' (She's a guilty pleasure of mine...)

~and 'My drunk kitchen'

~And basically all of the hair and makeup turtorials (especially the ones about the pretty little liars)

~Geometry...no really I'm serious.

~English

~Nicholas Sparks

~'The vow' Even though it hasn't come out yet.

So yeah...

These are just a few of my Favourite things.

I'm gonna catch you up on my life now.

So first of all school started,

I turned 16

I got on the varsity Ballroom team at school

I started getting A's in math for the first time in my life

I auditioned for a play

I reconnected with the friends I made while doing plays

I got over my ex boyfriend and we're now sort of friends

I sort of forgot about my blog...

I got a Kindle for Christmas

My sisters Ashley and Emma bugged me about my lack of recent blog posts

I decided I hate Biology so I transferred out of the class

I realized that Ballroom wasn't a good environment so I left

I learrned the hard way that you can't trust everyone

My nephews turned 3 and 1

My nieces turned 3, 5 and 6

Which means I'm old and its weird.

My brother and sister in law gave me my Kindle hahah and basically I'm obsessed.

I am now going to take ceramics, eew.

So thats my life so far, also I'm going to post another thing here today.

Because its a pretty big deal.

...Be patient...

You'll see.

...just sometimes...

Just sometimes I feel like I live in between reality and what I wish my reality was. Which can be very unfortunate when you're at a party trying to enjoy yourself but you just can' because yo just feel miserable. When a person is alone their imagination can take over, they can pretend tat their lie is better than it actually is, but wen they are suddenly in public they are harshly pulled out of this fantasy and are given and very painful reality check: your life is miserable, you aren't happy, none of these people like you very much, everyone is staring at you wondering why you're here. And, to be completely honest, that kind of hurts. But it gets easier with tie right? Isn't that what everyone says? Well I'm going to be very blunt here, no it does not get easier with time, you can't just sit around waiting for something wonderful to happen to make you feel better. God is on your side and will help you, but you have to work too, he can't do all the work for you. And even though it is REALLY difficult sometimes...that is just what you have to do. You have to go out and change things, because nothing is going to change unless you go out there and do something DIFFERENT. That's the key here, doing something different, changing something in your life to make it a little bit better. In my case that was staying away from certain people, because once I started to go back to them I felt miserable again, so I've got to change that. I've got to be happy again. Because being depressed...is over rated. And I'm done dealing with it.

{Obsessions and Declarations of Faith}

I know that this title is a little bit strange...but I promise by the end of this post it will make sense. I've recently seen the movie "Soul Surfer" and I immediately fell in love with it. Not only is it a great movie, but it has a fantastic message. The first time I saw this movie I had just gotten home from girls camp, so I already had a very spiritual sense of mind. A sense of mind this movie has helped me keep. I was kind of nervous the first time I watched this movie, because I knew what was going to happen, I just didn't know when. But the whole attack scene was really not that bad, it could have been a whole lot worse. I remember that during that scene she kept saying "please Jesus, get me to the beach" it hit me very hard. After I had seen the movie a few times I decided I wanted to read the book. It was a touching read because Bethany goes into a lot more detail and I remember at times I would tear up and want to stop. But I couldn't. She talk about how moments after the attack she had the terrifying thought "you could die" but she pushes the negativity away with a prayer and thinks "I am in God's hands" how can that not move you?? She also talks about how while in the ambulance the EMT sitting with her whispers "God will never leave you." Her response in the book is "he was right." It amazes me how even after something so traumatic she can still have such faith in the lord. There is a Scripture mentioned in both the movie and the book, And that is: Jeremiah 29:11 "for I know the plans that I have for you, says the lord, plarns to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future. In the book that Scripture was used as a revelation that Bethany's youth leader, Sarah Hill, is given to give to the Hamilton family after Bethany's attack. In the movie Sarah says it at their rag night as something that has has a great impact on her life. Well, it had an impact on mine too. Now, don't get me wrong, I know I've never gone through anything even in comparison to Bethany Hamilton. But I've had trials, trials that sometimes I don't understand. But I know that I have these trials to strengthen me, and my faith. My trials have made me a better person. And I am grateful for every one of them. I do have faith in my heavenly father, and in Jesus Christ. And I wish that when I have trials that I could look to them more. In the book Soul Surfer, Bethany talks about how she doesn't blame God for what happened to her, she says that he knew it was going to happen and he made a way for her to have a happy, prosperous life despite of her attack. And I believe that too, I believe that the bad things that happen to us aren't because of God, they are just things that needed to happen to us, and the good things that come from the bad, hard things are the work of God. I know that it is totally cheesy that a movie has strengthened my testimony, but it has. The story of Soul Surfer has inspired me to do and want so many things. It has had such a great impact on my life. Its truly amazing.

So my dear readers that is what I wanted to say, for those of you still lost my obsession is Souls Surfer. And my declaration of faith in pretty plainly states above. I really believe that the message of Soul Surfer is that "you can do all things" because you can. And if Bethany Hamilton ever happens to read this, (which is unlikely but possible) I just want to thank her for sharing her story with the world :)

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~Save it for a rainy day~

this is the gutter outside my house, Can you see it? Neither can I.

This is the curb...Still can't see it.

the View outside my house because I was too scared to get off my porch...

Waking up this morning it seemed like a rather dreary day, but then it started Pouring rain, Like everything was flooding. It was fantastic, I just love the rain, it rained ridiculous on saturday too, I went out and played in it with Isa, it was fantastic, and a few weeks earlier it was raining and I went out with Ashley and Shannon, I have some picture of that, I will put them up shortly.

My Room

I got new rope Lights for my room since we're changing it all around. They smell like new plastic. Case you were wondering.

More pictures to come.